Thread by @ElieNYC

Since saying "this is not normal" has become the new normal, I thought it would be helpful to have a list of things we now know about #Kavanaugh that we didn't know about nominees going as far back as... Neil Gorsuch:

* He lied to Congress
* He was forwarded emails entitled "SPYING" and claims he didn't know what they were about.
* He was on email chains that included racist jokes, and said nothing.
* He was willing to accept "interim" racial profiling

* He's advised presidents that Affirmative-action is a "racial set aside"
* He advised presidents how to give the SG the appearance of independence, while arguing for a unitary exec.

* He didn't think Nixon could be indicted
* He doesn't think any President can be indicted
* Except Bill Clinton

* He doesn't think Roe is "settled law."
* He called birth control "abortion inducing drugs."
* He won't answer questions on torture.
* He was prepped by a law firm that also handled the President's defense against the Mueller investigation

* He won't rebuke the President for his attacks on the judiciary.
* He has some kind of baseball ticket habit that he cannot afford.
* And he started the whole hearing, making up a "precedent" which has no basis in text or law which he exclusively uses to not answer Qs from Dems

Gorsuch was a more "normal" nominee than Kavanaugh, and all Gorsuch was trying to do was fill a seat stolen for him by unprecedented obstruction from the Republican party.

cc: @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @HeidiHeitkamp @JoeManchinWV
HTH.